Sacha Guitry

In 1931, the government of France awarded him the Legion of Honor. After his passing, a street was named in his honor in the city of Nice, France and Radio France named a studio for him. One of the top collectors of Modern American art, Hopper's collection is worth millions of dollars. Sacha Guitry is interred with his fifth wife in the Cimetière de Montmartre, in the Parisian suburb of Montmartre. According to the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/) Dennis Hopper has an average Bacon number of 2.679 making him third on the list of most suitable centres of the Hollywood universe. This calculation uses a modification of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Of the 30 films he directed, some of his most recognized are "The Story of a Cheat" (1937), "Pearls of the Crown" (1938), and " Royal Affair in Versailles" in 1953. He recently contributed to the film 1 Giant Leap with provocative anecdotes on spirituality, unity and culture. He went on to be recognized as one of the truly innovative directors, sometimes compared to Orson Welles because of his techniques. He also co-starred in the 1994 blockbuster Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

In addition to his plays, Sacha Guitry wrote and acted in many early films and in 1935 directed for the first time. He was nominated for an Emmy award for the 1991 HBO films Paris Trout and Doublecrossed (in which he played real life drug smuggler and DEA informant Barry Seal). Together they performed in a number of his plays bringing the extremely popular 1925 production of "Mozart" to cities in North America, including New York City, Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts. He has continued to be an important individual in Hollywood both as an actor, photographer and director. A prominent member of Parisian society, in 1919 Guitry married singing star Yvonne Printemps. In 1988, Hopper directed a critically acclaimed film about Los Angeles gangs called Colors. In 1918 his theatrical production premiered in Paris to critical acclaim. Guitry's dramas include "Nono" (1905), "Deburan" (1918) and "Jean de la Fontaine" in 1922. Because I am Frank Booth!" (which raised a question for Lynch "That's great for the movie, but how are we gonna have lunch with him?") Hopper won critical acclaim and a slew of awards for this role and the same year won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Hoosiers.

An intellect and a prolific writer with a sharp wit, by the age of 17 Guitry had already written the first of his 120 plays. After reading the script, Hopper called Lynch and told him "You have to let me play Frank Booth. As a five year old, he appeared on stage with his father. However, it was not until he portrayed the oxygen-huffing, obscenity-screaming Frank Booth in David Lynch's film Blue Velvet (1986) that his career truly revived. It was during this time in Russia that Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was born and eventually nicknamed Sacha. He gave powerful performances in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983). Petersburg, before returning to France. In the early 1980s, Hopper entered a drug rehabilitation program and cured himself of his addictions.

He was the son of Lucien Germain Guitry (1860–1925), a major Parisian stage actor who spent nine years at the Michel Theater, in St. However, Hopper did act in several films during this period such as Mad Dog Morgan (1976), Tracks (1976), The American Friend (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979) and he won acclaim for directing and acting in Out of the Blue (1980). Petersburg, Russia – died July 24, 1957 in Paris, France, was a film actor, director and screenwriter and playwright. Hopper had long been an alcoholic and drug abuser and it was at this point his addiction began to dominate his life. Sacha Guitry, born February 21, 1885 in St. Hopper wrote and directed another film that was released in 1971 called The Last Movie that was a box office failure and derailed his career for years. Hopper won wide acclaim as the director of the film for his improvisational methods and stop action photography.

Although Hopper was able to resume acting in mainstream films including The Sons Of Katie Elder (1965) and True Grit (1969), in both of these films he had death scenes with John Wayne, it was not until he teamed with Peter Fonda and made Easy Rider that he really shook up the Hollywood establishment. This film became an anthem of sorts to the lost generation of the Vietnam war and to this day is one of the most successful independent film ever made. He also was very talented as a painter and a poet. Hopper also became an accomplished professional photographer (he has had many exhibitions of his work). He appeared in over 140 episodes of television shows such as Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, The Defenders, The Big Valley, The Time Tunnel and Combat.

Hopper moved to New York and studied at the famous Lee Strasberg acting school. This infamous incident resulted in him being blacklisted from films for several years. Hopper refused directions for 80 takes over several days. Dean's death in a 1955 car accident affected the young Hopper deeply and it was shortly afterwards that he got into a confrontation with veteran director Henry Hathaway on the film From Hell To Texas.

Hopper was then cast in two roles with James Dean (who he admired immensely) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Hopper made his acting debut on an episode of the Richard Boone television show Medic in 1955 playing a young epileptic. He was especially fond of the plays of William Shakespeare. Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper was voted most likely to succeed by his high school class and it was there he developed an interest in acting.

Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor and film-maker.